The Princess and The Vigilante Chapter Five
A Dangerous Game
There's nothing more frighting... and I know you're the only one who can save me. You must be irritated by now, but we need you... I need you in my darkest of hours...
It was a busy night for Aiden, Clara, and T-Bone as they spent an entire night searching for the perpetrators, only to be stumped with nothing they could use. There wasn't anything useful Ridley had except for an invite from Hawkeye007 (whose contacts were deleted or no longer worked). Whoever they were dealing with sure is clever.
T-Bone sighed, "Damn… I could go for a beer right now."
"What? Even the infamous Raymond Kenney can't wrap his head around this one?" Aiden asked.
"Like you're getting' any closer…"
Clara, on the other hand, stayed quiet. Her eyes were glued to the computer, constantly typing. Aiden did show some concern, but he shrugged it off. He thought she would be OK.
"You haven't said a word since we started, Clara," Aiden blurted, but she made no response.
"Don't tell me it's about that girl, is it?" T-Bone asked.
Clara cursed in French, "God!"
"I figured," T-Bone answered, "I have to give it to her, she's got a pretty face. Must have had the white-picket fence kind of life, being a daddy's girl and all. And to think she trusts you, Aiden!" He put a hand on his shoulder, "She's got a lot of balls. She ain't afraid of you."
T-Bone then grabbed a sandwich from the bag, "And these sandwiches… Delicious! C'mon, guys. You're missing out!"
Aiden shrugged him off and left the room, he didn't want to deal with this. Ever since Miyu made way, everything was going to hell.
I can't even stop criminals, knowing she'll be around… he thought, and I gave her my contacts too…
Somehow it was a good and bad idea. Since whoever wants him dead thinks she's involved with him, she's unfortunately become his problem as well as his responsibility. It was stupid because he still couldn't entirely trust her. She said that they were "friends", but for all he knew she could call the police. However, the good part about it was that he could watch her and she'll at least be safe… for the most part.
Just then, the lights were flickering on and off.
"Aiden!" Both T-Bone and Clara called.
Aiden came back and saw all the computer screens glitches They were flickering on and off.
"What the hell?" T-Bone asked.
The screens went static and silence engulfed the room. Clara tried to work the computers, but to no avail, there was no response. Aiden and T-Bone were about to leave the room to check on the generators when...
"'Ello, chaps!"
The screens were on, showing a shadow of a man.
"How're you doing?" He had a heavy British accent.
"Turn it off! Turn it off!" T-Bone yelled, while violently pulling cords.
"It won't turn off!" Clara replied, rapidly pressing buttons.
"So, you came to us... HawkEye007," Aiden said calmly.
The shadow chuckled, "Sorry to disappoint you, Aiden Pearce, but I'm not the guy you're looking for, nor should you be worried about."
A colleague, then... Aiden thought, "You work for him-"
"He works for me, you mean. Hmmm... Ah! You must be Clara Lille, DedSec's ex-member. Shouldn't you be dead?" He asked with obvious sarcasm.
Clara was beyond words to know that this guy knows exactly who she is. Yes, she faked her death so fixers would stop looking for her.
"And... Oh! Look what we have here!" The shadow continued, "The infamous Raymond Kenney... or should I say 'T-Bone.' I have to say I'm a fan of your work."
T-Bone stayed silent. He thought this guy was another "rat."
"And last but not least is "The Vigilante" himself. A guy who's pissy because his niece died. I must admit Aiden, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't think twice coming here."
"You sent those fixers after me." Aiden said.
"And they failed... terribly. Awful, awful job, they did. I had no choice but to eliminate them. I have no sympathy for failures." He said that like it was a good thing.
"What do you want?" Clara asked.
"What I want?" The shadow asked, "My dear, I want to play a little game with Pearce."
Aiden turned around, "You're wasting my time."
Two computer screens suddenly bursted. All three of them ducked down and the shadow laughed.
"Ohhh... You almost walked away from me. I knew you'd be just as stubborn as 'him.'"
They knew now he wasn't screwing off. Despite the tone in his voice and the sarcasm, this guy meant business. And 'him...' Who's 'him?'
"Perhaps you didn't take me serious, Pearce," the shadow said, "You can't walk away from this, Aiden. You're not the one in control. And besides, knowing you, you wouldn't leave if an innocent life was on the line."
T-Bone and Clara were clueless, but Aiden knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Where is she?" Aiden growled.
"Oh, I don't know. Really! I don't know where Ms. Kazemari is. It's like she disappeared or something. Go figure... but this is a great opportunity..."
Suddenly, the entire bunker blacked out. Everything just shut down all at once.
"Good luck finding her without your precious CToS!" The voice cheerfully said from the intercom. Then it went static.
And there they were in the dark; their smartphones being the only source of light. While T-Bone tried to turn something on (and cursed when it didn't), Aiden was about to leave. However, before he went, Clara followed behind distraught.
"You want to find her-"
"What choice do I have?" Aiden asked, covering his mouth, "I should've never gotten her involved…"
"And what will saving her do?"
"Clara-"
"Since when did you care about her, Aiden? Why do you always-"
"I don't want another guilty conscience! I don't want to grieve over another person!"
He yelled so loud that Clara shuddered and T-Bone flinched. Aiden heavily breathed once or twice, venting out his anger.
"Damnit, Clara…" He cupped his face, "You're no position to talk. Faking your death and then coming back? You got a lot of nerve, but I'm not not going to let Miyu die… I can't let her die. She doesn't deserve this…"
There was silence between the two until Aiden left. Clara only took a deep sigh. Aiden was right, she brought all this on herself .
"I can't blame him," T-Bone finally said, "but he didn't need to be that rough…"
Aiden raced, disrupting traffic, but cops were the least of his problems. He needed to know if Miyu was safe. He drove to their apartment, ran up the stairs, and took a deep breath as he reached their door.
Please be in there… he thought.
When he turned the doorknob, surprisingly the door was already unlocked. This only discouraged him, but nonetheless, be needed to know. He swiftly opened the door .
"Oh, god… no…" he whispered.
To his dismay, both Miyu and Ran were gone. The television was still on and both their phones were lying on the floor. There appeared to be a struggle, take note the bloodied frying pan, the flipped chairs, and the man laying motionless on the couch. Just by looking at it, Aiden could tell that he was hit to the head with the frying pan and died from the excessive bleeding to his head. Aiden checked all the rooms, but the girls were gone.
If he didn't take them, who did? he thought.
Just then, Aiden noticed something on the jacket of the dead man. It had a symbol, a symbol he recognized all to well.
"I smell a fucking rat…" Aiden concluded.
Author's Notes ('•̀ ▽ •́ )φ!
Nothing to explain here (Hmmm... I need to put something here... Ah! How 'bout this!)
*-Rat: Let's not be a spoiler, but a certain character will make their debut in the next chapter!
And so another chapter of The Princess and The Vigilante has been posted (*≧▽≦). My apologies again! School has just stared and other stuff's been happening, nothing depressing or personal, just been busy with other stuff... anyways, again I'm sorry. ｍ（．＿．）ｍ
~Groans~ I feel Aiden was a little too hard on Clara... I'll try to make him a little nicer. Sorry, Clara! （ﾉ´д｀）
So... yeah... Miyu and Ran got kidnapped by [CENSORED] and it's up to Aiden to rescue them, but will this be an easy task? Find out on the next chapter!ヾ( ^▽^ )ノ